Make a doodoo pie
February 28, 2006This is outstanding. I was checking out my site stats this evening and discovered that someone actually arrived at Butter’s Podcast by searching for “make a doodoo pie” in Google. I love the internet.
Archive for February, 2006
Apple - iPod Hi-Fi
February 28, 2006Every two weeks Apple has to come out with another announcement of a product to help drive some more revenue. Today’s revelation is iPod Hi-Fi, a small box with a dock for an iPod that promises room filling sound in a 6×6x17″ box.
Steve Jobs and the Apple cronies are positing this device as an audiophile quality device for the home. My friends, as a semi-audiophile who has invested a substantial amount in a home theater equipment, let me assure you that this is ridiculous.
Any audiophile will scoff at the assertion because the MP3 format is inherently of poorer quality than CD’s. MP3’s revolutionized music because if their ability to compress songs into a manageable size to use portably.
That’s great, and the MP3 format has its place — but that place is not in a high quality stereo setup. MP3’s are great for the car or while jogging, but when it comes to serious audiophile listening, well, get serious.
Apple will probably make a gazillion dollars on this thing by duping ignorant people into thinking they can obtain a hi-fi experience in a shoe box. Good for them, but wise up people. I’m sure it will be a cool product, but don’t confuse it with true hi-fi.
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Another IE alternative - Maxthon Browser
February 28, 2006I’ve been using Firefox for about two years now, but I just read about another IE alternative called Maxthon via the outstanding Web 2.0 blog, Techcrunch. It looks pretty cool and I’ll be testing it out over the next few weeks. I’ll let you all know how it works out. It seems as though it could have some advantages over the venerable Firefox.
Sad day
February 28, 2006Today is a sad day here at Butter’s Podcast. I am now a 25 year old tax accountant and had to change the heading of the blog. Ugh.
Beckham baffled by son’s homework
February 27, 2006I don’t know what I find the most outrageous:
1) The fact that David Beckham can’t do his 6 year old son’s math homework
2) The fact that he willingly told the media this fact, or
3) The fact that he had to ask his wife, former Spice Girl Posh, to do it for him
Wow.
One Million Dollars - Blog Maverick
February 27, 2006Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is offering to donate $1 million to the charity of Howie Mandel’s choice if he can get Donald Trump to pull a rubber glove over his head and blow it up. In my mind, that’d be money well spent.
Surprise!
February 26, 2006
Sorry for the lack of posting lately everyone. Work demands have occupied the time normally spent writing things here. One thing to note: great weekend this weekend! Kel arranged for Joe T to fly in from Chicago for a visit for my birthday (which is actually Tuesday). I had no idea, and they showed up in the city at happy hour and I was floored. Spent the evening Saturday dancing in my living room. Check out the Flickr site for more info. Hope all is well. Seacrest out!
The Geography of Seinfeld
February 24, 2006You guys have to check out The Geography of Seinfeld. It puts over 25 locations appearing in Seinfeld on a Google Map and describes it. Ok, I’m a dork.
Travel to the Olympics via Google earth
February 14, 2006If you’re like me, you spend your life locked in a tiny, stacked cubicle for 12 hours a day. This lifestyle does not lend itself well to world travel, specifically to see this year’s Winter Olympic Games. Enter Google Earth and its “Virtual Torino”. Just go to the link, downloand the .kmz file, load it into Google Earth, and wala! You’re in all the hot spots in Torino where the Olympics are taking place as we speak. Google Earth is a rocking product. A must-download for any PC (or Mac) user.
Another Butter’s Podcast improvement - Digg.com News
February 14, 2006I have just now implemented yet another improvement to Butter’s Podcast. Do you read Digg.com? If not, you should. It’s a social news networking site where users post links to extremely interesting news stories or clever web sites. Recently they wrote a script that allows you to put the latest 5, 10, 15, or 20 latest stories posted on Digg.com up on your own website. I have put them in the sidebar down below the podcast archive.
Check back often to see the latest headlines, or just go to Digg.com for yourself. They have full RSS implementation, and the two creators of the site also do a weekly podcast that is one of the most popular on the net. It’s one of those must-visit sites, like ESPN.com, Irisheyes.com, and Butter’s Podcast. Don’t miss out!
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Google buys another business as stock continues to plunge
February 14, 2006Despite Google’s sagging stock price, they have purchased yet another company - Measure Map. I personally have never used Measure Map to monitor any of my site traffic. As a Google Analytics user, I’m curious to see what this service will be like. Will it just be a reprocessed Analytics interface? Will it be something completely different? What’s the rationale here?
One link to the Official Google Blog thinks that the impetous could be an overload on Analytics. In an attempt to divert some of the attention from Analytics (they’ve stopped taking new users, you know), they are rolling out Measure Map to cater to bloggers.
Hey, I’ll give it a shot. What could it hurt? Supposedly it will tell me what kind of people visit my blog, why they come here, and what they do while visiting. If it can tell me all that, I’ll eat my shorts.
Ryan Leaf takes coaching job at West Texas A&M
February 14, 2006Ryan Leaf has taken a coaching job at West Texas A&M University. In related news, the prestigious Julliard School of Music has hired William Hunn as a professor of vocal development.
Valentines Day Update
February 14, 2006- Rosters for the World Baseball Classic were announced today. The only Indians player is starting pitcher C.C. Sabathia. He’s an animal. I love that guy, even though he wears his hat crooked.
- Adam Dunn has resigned with the Reds, thereby quaffing any further rumors that he may be traded to the Indians for Jake Westbrook. I’m glad. The guy strikes out an average of 1.2 times per game (sorry, Colin)
- Last year I took Kelly out to a real fancy dinner in a swanky area of Philadelphia. This year we made steaks on the Foreman grill. I’ve come a long way.
- If you’re not listening to the Ricky Gervais podcast, you’re missing out (just Google it…I’m too lazy to put up a link). He’s the guy that starred and produced the British version of The Office, and is currently a producer of the American version. Funny guy.
- Saddam Hussein has declared that he will be going on a hunger strike. Is it just me, or is this exactly what the entire world was hoping for? I mean, deep down, everyone wants the guy dead but realizes that we can’t just kill him without some international outrage. If he kills himself, problem solved. Way to go, Saddam.
- When I have a bad day, I can’t get my retained earnings to roll. When Dick Cheney has a bad day, he shoots a guy in the face and induces a heart attack.
- Have you been reading this stuff about Conan O’Brien? A while ago he started promoting the canidacy of this woman running for president of Finland because she looked like him (fair-skinned, red-headed). Well, it turns out she won the election, and now Conan is demanding a cabinet seat that overseas “sauna inspections (mostly women’s saunas)”. He is one funny dude.
- My original Bachelor horse, Susan, got booted last night. She was unquestionably the most attractive one, but it’s probably for the best that she’s gone. My new horse: Sarah from Nashville. Yes, I just wrote a point about the Bachelor.
McDonald’s Says Fries Have More Trans Fats
February 9, 2006McDonalds announced yesterday that its fries have even more fat than originally expected. A large fry from McD’s now is said to have 30 grams of fat–an astronomical amount, but no real surprise.
After all, this is like saying “Michael Irvin has done even more coke than originally expected”, or “Rosie O’Donnel is an even bigger lesbian than originally expected”, or “Oprah Winfrey is even more of an anti-Christ than originally expected”. Not exactly shocking news.
A quick note on the site feed
February 8, 2006Hey everybody, just wanted to give everyone a quick update on my site feed. I started using the Libsyn service about a month ago to host my podcast. Since then I have split the podcast feed from the normal blog feed. I don’t think a ton of people are subscribing to the podcast via an aggregator, but if you are, please note that the new feed for the PODCAST ONLY is now http://feeds.feedburner.com/butterspodcastfeed. The feed for the blog only is still the same ‘ole http://feeds.feedburner.com/butterspodcast. These changes have been reflected in the link buttons to the right.
With Libsyn you get your own blog page too! So if you want to see all the podcasts on just one page, be sure to check out the Butter’s Podcast Libsyn page. This can be a forum JUST for the podcasts.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, just ignore me and keep visiting the blog as normal. Thanks as always for tuning in, everyone!
BP 2006-02-07 (#12)
February 7, 2006Headed to a German soccer game? Be sure to pack your giant inflatable penis
February 7, 2006At a recent match in German, fans of Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund waved large, inflatable penises in the air whilst encouraging supporters of opposing side Schalke 04 to “procreate with themselves”. Can’t wait to see that sort of fan support on TV this summer at World Cup ‘06. Gotta’ love Europe.
Super Bowl XL Commercials on Google Video
February 7, 2006Posting has been very sparse lately, and I really aplogize for that. Things are starting to heat up at work as busy season approaches, but I’ll do my best to keep things going here on Butter’s Podcast. One thing to keep you entertained for a bit: in case you missed the two or three decent commercials during the Super Bowl you can view them (and all the crappy ones) via Google Video. Check it out!
February
February 1, 2006Today is the first day of February. Happy National Condom Month, everybody!
Microsoft founder too rich for tax computer to handle
February 1, 2006Call me a dork, but this pretty interesting for a tax geek like me. At a conference in Portugal, Bill Gates recently explained how the IRS has to track his financial data on a special computer because his wealth is so great. He says that he routinely receives notices for underpayment from the “little computer” because it thinks he isn’t filing. That’s crazy!
